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The Magic City

by E. Nesbit · 1910

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Philip Haldane builds a play city out of odds and ends that comes to life, when his beloved sister Helen marries Lucy's father. But the nurse tears down the city and traps Lucy. Peter, The Deliverer, must perform seven valorous deeds, opposed by the Pretenderette, a mysterious veiled woman who wants to be Queen. Noah builds an ark and adventures abound.

Genre
fantasyadventurehistorical fiction
Themes
childhood
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 212 pages

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